Knowledge Base
Alan’s accumulation of wisdom
Tasting Coffee
The taste of the coffee is ultimately what it’s all about. Everything which goes before the moment you savour the first sip of your cup should be designed to give you the best possible flavour experience.
Roasting Coffee
If there is any area of the "coffee culture" filled with as many myths, superstitions, half truths and holy grail searches as espresso perfection, it's got to be coffee roasting.
Grinding Coffee
Why grind coffee at all? Couldn't you just boil the whole beans until you've extracted all the flavour from them? Well, the answer is you can…
Coffee History
In the beginning, coffee was a shrub or tree growing in the mountainous forests of Ethiopia…
Middle Eastern Coffee
"Middle Eastern" Coffee is the oldest of the established brewing processes, although these days the rest of the world tends to call it Turkish Coffee